I'm ECSTATIC that the FIA ruling has finally come down on the side of common sense. This does little for "cost saving" - but oh well. Plenty of really smart and talented people get to work overtime redesigning cars this year. We get to see some big money and big talent struggle to keep up, which will serve to flush out any weak links in their respective chains and really show us what all that money is good for.

It's like a cataclysmic asteroid hitting a planet: kinda sucks until the new equilibrium is established, but it's anyone's game while the whole system is shaken up.

F1 TV season in .us begins in 45 minutes. I will probably be asleep; I have to be at work stupidly early in the morning. I’m so excited; it’s funny how at the end of a season it feels like it’s going to be forever until the racing starts, but when it does finally start [...]